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PDF Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools

ISBN: 0596006551
EAN: 2147483647

Year: N/A
Pages: 158

Authors: Sid Steward

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• PDF Hacks
• PDF Hacks
• Copyright
• Credits
• About the Author
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Why PDF Hacks?
• How to Use This Book
• A Note on Software
• Using Code Examples
• How This Book Is Organized
• Conventions Used in This Book
• How to Contact Us
• Got a Hack?
• Chapter 1. Consuming PDF
• Introduction: Hacks 1-14
• Hack 1 Read PDFs with the Adobe Reader
• Hack 2 Read PDFs with Mac OS X s Preview
• Hack 3 Read PDFs with Ghostscript s GSview
• Hack 4 Speed Up Acrobat Startup
• Hack 5 Manage Acrobat Plug-Ins with Profiles on Windows
• Hack 6 Open PDF Files Your Way on Windows
• Hack 7 Copy Data from PDF Pages
• Hack 8 Convert PDF Documents to Word
• Hack 9 Browse One PDF in Multiple Windows
• Hack 10 Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Acrobat or Reader
• Hack 11 Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Mac OS X Preview
• Hack 12 Unpack PDF Attachments (Even Without Acrobat)
• Hack 13 Jump to the Next or Previous Heading
• Hack 14 Navigate and Manipulate PDF Using Page Thumbnails
• Chapter 2. Managing a Collection
• Introduction: Hacks 15-23
• Hack 15 Bookmark PDF Pages in Reader
• Hack 16 Create Windows Shortcuts to Online PDF Pages with Acrobat
• Hack 17 Create Windows Shortcuts to Local PDF Pages
• Hack 18 Turn PDF Bookmarks into Windows Shortcuts
• Hack 19 Generate Document Keywords
• Hack 20 Index and Search Local PDF Collections on Windows
• Hack 21 Spinning Document Portals
• Hack 22 Spinning Collection Portals
• Hack 23 Identify Related PDFs
• Chapter 3. Authoring and Self-Publishing: Hacking Outside the PDF
• Introduction: Hacks 24-31
• Hack 24 Keep Your Source Smart
• Hack 25 Convey Your Document s Value with Good Design
• Hack 26 Create Charts and Graphs from Raw Data
• Hack 27 Become a Publisher
• Hack 28 Print at Home, at the Office, or at Kinko s
• Hack 29 Publish POD and E-books
• Hack 30 Sell Through Amazon
• Hack 31 Sell Your Book, Sell Yourself
• Chapter 4. Creating PDF and Other Editions
• Introduction: Hacks 32-50
• Hack 32 Create Interactive PDF with Your Word Processor
• Hack 33 Create a Printable, On-Screen Edition from Word
• Hack 34 Multipurpose PDF
• Hack 35 Create an HTML Edition from Your Word Processor
• Hack 36 Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML
• Hack 37 Convert Documents from Tools You Don t Own to PDF
• Hack 38 Acrobat Distiller and Its Profiles
• Hack 39 Print to PDF with Ghostscript and RedMon on Windows
• Hack 40 Save As PDF with Mac OS X
• Hack 41 Maximize PDF Portability
• Hack 42 Configure Distiller and Ghostscript for Your Purpose
• Hack 43 Embed and Subset Fonts to Your Advantage
• Hack 44 Share a PDF Network Printer with Samba
• Hack 45 Print to Image and Other Rasterizing Options
• Hack 46 Print to SVG
• Hack 47 Print Over the Internet
• Hack 48 Create a PDF Album of Your Digital Pictures
• Hack 49 Print to Fax on Windows
• Hack 50 Convert Incoming Faxes to PDF on Linux
• Chapter 5. Manipulating PDF Files
• Introduction: Hacks 51-73
• Hack 51 Split and Merge PDF Documents (Even Without Acrobat)
• Hack 52 Encrypt and Decrypt PDF (Even Without Acrobat)
• Hack 53 Add PDF Encryption Actions to Windows Context Menus
• Hack 54 Add Attachments to Your PDF (Even Without Acrobat)
• Hack 55 Easily Attach Your Document s Tables
• Hack 56 Add PDF Attachment Actions to Windows Context Menus
• Hack 57 Create a Traditional Index Section from Keywords
• Hack 58 Rasterize Intricate Artwork with Illustrator or Photoshop
• Hack 59 Crop Pages for Clarity
• Hack 60 Refry Before Posting Documents Online
• Hack 61 Copy Features from One PDF to Another
• Hack 62 Polish Your PDF Edition
• Hack 63 Add and Maintain PDF Bookmarks
• Hack 64 Get and Set PDF Metadata
• Hack 65 Add a Web-Style Navigation Bar to PDF Pages
• Hack 66 Copy-Protect Your PDF
• Hack 67 Support Online PDF Reading
• Hack 68 Force PDF Download Rather than Online Reading
• Hack 69 Hyperlink HTML to PDF Pages
• Hack 70 Create an HTML Table of Contents from PDF Bookmarks
• Hack 71 PDF Web Skins
• Hack 72 Share PDF Comments Online (Even Without Acrobat)
• Hack 73 Tally Topic Popularity
• Chapter 6. Dynamic PDF
• Introduction: Hacks 74-92
• Hack 74 Collect Data with Online PDF Forms
• Hack 75 Serve Filled-Out PDF Forms
• Hack 76 Drive PDF Forms with Your Data
• Hack 77 PDF Form-Filling Sessions
• Hack 78 Permanently Merge a PDF Form and its Data
• Hack 79 Tool Up with pdftk
• Hack 80 Decipher and Navigate PDF at the Text Level
• Hack 81 Edit PDF Code Freely
• Hack 82 Integrate pdftk with gVim for Seamless PDF Editing
• Hack 83 Modify PDF Hyperlinks at Serve-Time
• Hack 84 Tailor PDF Text at Serve-Time
• Hack 85 Use HTML to Create PDF
• Hack 86 Use Perl to Create PDF
• Hack 87 Use PHP to Create PDF
• Hack 88 Use Java to Create PDF
• Hack 89 Assemble Pages and Serve PDF
• Hack 90 Superimpose PDF Pages
• Hack 91 Generate PDF Documents from XML and CSS
• Hack 92 Create PDF with XSL-FO and FOP
• Chapter 7. Scripting and Programming Acrobat
• Introduction: Hacks 93-100
• Hack 93 Modify or Convert Batches of Documents
• Hack 94 Script Acrobat Using Visual Basic on Windows
• Hack 95 Script Acrobat Using Perl on Windows
• Hack 96 Customize Acrobat Using JavaScript
• Hack 97 Tool Up for Acrobat Plug-In Development
• Hack 98 Explore the Acrobat SDK Documentation and Examples
• Hack 99 Use Acrobat Plug-Ins to Extend PDF
• Hack 100 PostScript and PDF Games
• Colophon
• Index
• index_SYMBOL
• index_A
• index_B
• index_C
• index_D
• index_E
• index_F
• index_G
• index_H
• index_I
• index_J
• index_K
• index_L
• index_M
• index_N
• index_O
• index_P
• index_R
• index_S
• index_T
• index_U
• index_V
• index_W
• index_X